July 22, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



103 



PITTSBURGH FLORISTS' AND GAR- 

 DENERS' CLUB. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 club was held on July 11th. It did not 

 develop that the club would be very 

 largely represented at Baltimore. On 

 the certificate plan, the cost for the 

 round trip will be $13.05. The use of 

 mileage would make the cost slightly 

 cheaper, and there might be an oppor- 

 tunity to take advantage of the At- 

 lantic City excursion rates. 



Those desiring further information 

 should call at the Pittsburgh Cut 

 Flower Co., 121 7th street, and if it 

 should later prove that the attendance 

 would warrant, a car could easily be 

 procured. 



On the question of a club picnic 

 President Jones appointed E. C. Reine- 

 man, J. Hutchinson, J. W. Ludwig, T. 

 P. Langhans and W. Q. Potter a com- 

 mittee with power to act. 



The Elliott Nursery Co., Springdale, 

 showed a good collection of hardy her- 

 baceous flowers; Neil McCallum 

 showed promiscuous garden flowers; 

 Philips Conservatories, Schenley Park, 

 sweet peas; Phipps* Conservatories, 

 North Side, fancy caladiums, a very 

 beautiful and striking exhibit for 

 which the judges, Messrs. P. S. Ran- 

 dolph and Jas. Hutchinson awarded to 

 the foreman, James Moore, a cultural 

 certificate. 



There will be no August meeting. 

 Subject for September meeting: Glad- 

 iolus; seasonable flowers; fruits and 

 vegetables. 



H. P. JOSUN. Sec'y. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular meeting of this society 

 Friday evening, July 14th at Stamford, 

 Conn., was well attended, 75 members 

 present. We now have 150 members 

 The executive committee reported ar- 

 rangements completed for the first an- 

 nual outing and games at Bonnie 

 Brae Inn, New Rochelle, July 26. Con- 

 tests and games start at 10.30 A. M. 

 Dinner served on the lawn at 2 P. M. 

 The committee have arranged every- 

 thing possible to make the affair most 

 enjoyable for all. Contests and games 

 (prizes for all events) music and col- 

 ored quartette and Bonnie Brae famous 

 dinner. Tickets $2.00. 



The exhibits at the meeting were of 

 very fine quality. Honorable mention 

 was given to James Stuart for Achi- 

 menes coelestinum, George Woundy 

 for Dendrobium nobile, A. Peterson 

 for sweet peas, P. W. Popp for Lilium 

 auratum and sweet peas, Chas. Adcock 

 for Ponderosa tomato. Alex Geddes 

 •was highly commended for new musk- 

 melon Heytesbury King and Adam 

 Patterson for sweet peas. Vote of 

 thanks to A. S. Peterson for Hydran- 

 gea arborescens grandiflora alba. Ex- 

 hibitors gave short talks and answered 

 questions regarding their exhibits. 

 This is one of the most interesting fea- 

 tures of this society's meetings. 



J. B. McARDLE, Secretary. 



Edwin Lonsdale sends the follow- 

 ing note and query: — "The National 

 Educational Association is now hold- 

 ing its convention in San Francisco 

 some 15,000 strong. Why not the So- 

 ciety of American Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists here in 1915?" 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 Society was held Wednesday evening, 

 July 12. It was decided to hold the 

 Dahlia Show in Pembroke Hall, Sept. 

 26, and the Executive Committee were 

 requested to draw up a schedule. The 

 annual outing will be held on August 

 10. Mr. F. Adams gave a very inter- 

 esting talk on Humus LeaJ Mold 

 which is being produced by Francis & 

 Camerden of Quogue, L. I. 



Three first prizes for sweet peas 

 were awarded to J. McDonald. G. Bar- 

 ton won the special prize offered by 

 J. Ingram for 12 varieties of sweet 

 peas. H. Gaut received honorable 

 mention for sweet peas and F. Petroc- 

 cia for cucumbers. 



The exhibit for August will be 12 

 mixed asters, 6 Japanese lilies, 12 

 gladioli. Mr. J. Ingram offers a prize 

 for 4 vases of asters, white, pink, blue 

 and rose. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 

 AND ORNAMENTAL HOR- 

 TICULTURISTS. 

 Department of Registration. 

 As no objections have been filed, 

 public notice is hereby given that the 

 registration of the rose, "Wilhelmina," 

 by Hoerber Bros., of Chicago, 111., be- 

 comes complete. 



H. B. DORNER, 

 Secretary. 



COST OF PLANTING AND CARING 

 FOR ORCHARDS. 



It will be of interest to the people 

 of this vicinity who are thinking of es- 

 tablishing orchards in the near future 

 to know the cost of starting and car- 

 ing for young orchards. One of the 

 purposes of the Demonstration Or- 

 chards established by the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College is to collect 

 data on the cost of the various oper- 

 ations connected with orcharding. 

 Eight orchards have been planted thus 

 far and while the cost of planting va- 

 ries in different places owing to the 

 types of soil and labor conditions, the 

 data available covers nearly every con- 

 dition found in the state excepting 

 where land has to be cleared. 



The cost of preparing five acres of 

 land and planting the trees thereon 

 varies from $40 to $59.75. This vari- 

 ation is easily explained. In the first 

 instance the land has been in plowed 

 crops the year previous, the men to do 

 the planting were more accustomed to 

 that kind of work and the owner was 

 more continuously in direct charge. 

 Most of the orchards were established 

 for less than $52. The orchard on 

 which $59.75 was expended for pre- 

 paring the land and planting, was es- 

 tablished on land that had been in sod 

 for some time and was sufficiently 

 stony to make the digging of holes 

 a difficult task. Then, too, the land 

 was prepared and trees planted with 

 hired help, at a cost of 50c per hour 

 for man and team and 17% to 20c per 

 hour for man. In all cases the cost of 

 labor was figured at prevailing prices. 

 As in all orchard operation the cost 

 depends largely upon the speed at 

 which men work and when the owner 

 is present who is also a good manager 

 of men, the cost can be greatly reduced. 

 In one case where representatives of 



iih college wen- present, with a crew 

 of five, four of whom were inexper- 

 ■ i ' ■ i lour acres of an orchard were 

 staked out in perfect lines in all 

 directions and 130 trees planted in less 

 than eight hours. 



Basing the estimate upon the results 

 obtained in the Demonstration Or- 

 chards, it is possible for anyone to es- 

 tablish orchards with hired help in 

 almost any part of the state at a cost 

 not greatly exceeding $12, per acre for 

 small areas and proportionately less 

 as the area increases. Where exten- 

 sive orchards are being planted it is 

 possible to reduce the cost of prepar- 

 ation and planting to 6c per tree when 

 planted 20 feet apart. 



A mot her interesting bit of infor- 

 mation that has been obtained from 

 the Demonstration Orchards is the 

 cost of the operations incident to the 

 first year's growth, and the possible 

 returns from associated crops planted. 

 The data from three orchards shows 

 the cost of caring for trees and the 

 associated crops to vary from $75 to 

 $156 and the value of the associated 

 crops was sufficient to so cover the 

 expenses that the net cost of estab- 

 lishing and caring for the orchard one 

 year, which includes preparation of the 

 land, planting the trees, and a reason- 

 able fertilizer bill, was under $4 per 

 acre. In the other orchard, one acre 

 of strawberries had been planted the 

 year before and with the other associ- 

 ated crops yielded a net profit of $25 

 per acre. 



Without a doubt an orchard started 

 in Massachusetts and given proper 

 care can be made to pay for itself and 

 yield something in the way of interest 

 on the investment even before the or- 

 chard comes into bearing. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



a century; of bulb growing.— a 



memorial of the "Bloeuihof" nurseries 

 centenary (1811-1911). Bv Ernst H. Kre- 

 lage. (Head of the firm of E. H. Krelage 

 & Si. n of Haarlem). 



This publication is, unfortunately 

 for most of our readers, printed in 

 Dutch. It is a filial tribute by the au- 

 thor to the work of his ancestors, who 

 took so large a part in the upbuilding 

 of the bulb industry in Holland. The 

 business of which he writes has come 

 down from father to son until the pres- 

 ent day and has been developed to one 

 of great extent and prosperity. 



The first chapter in the book deals 

 with the Haarlem bulb industry in the 

 first years of the 19th century; chap- 

 ter second recounts the starting of the 

 business and its development till the 

 founder's death. The third covers the 

 period from 1855 to 1901, during which 

 the business was under the manage- 

 ment of the late Jacob Heinrich Kre- 

 lage. a man of great learning and 

 philanthropic usefulness. The last 

 chapter is devoted to the interim from 

 1901 up to the present time. 



The Cleveland Flower Exposition 

 Company. Cleveland, O., was incor- 

 porated recently, capital stock, $15,000. 

 1 ompany was organized for the 



p -e of holding the Cleveland Fall 

 Flower Show, Nov. 13 to 18. and the 

 following. The company con- 

 of the eleven members of the 

 board of control w-ho are acting for 

 i leveland Florists' Club and The 



I - r Club. 



